One of the 4 prairie dog species in United States. Quite similar to White Tailed.
This species has nowhere the numbers of Black Tailed (which is quite common in some parts of US), and it is not doing very good as a species. I am not aware of it being protected at this moment.

[PL] Jeden z 4 US gatunkow pieskow preriowych (nieswiszczuk) (Gunnison Prairie Dog). Ten gatunek nie miewa sie najlepiej, o ile wiem obecjnie nie jest pod ochrona.
Pieski preriowe sa bilogicznie spokrewnione z wiewiorkami.